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Andersen's naked-backed fruit bat

Mammals

Andersen's naked-backed fruit bat, also called Andersen's bare-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia anderseni), is a large cave-dwelling megabat of the family Pteropodidae that is endemic to the Bismarck Archipelago, including the Admiralty Islands, in Papua New Guinea. Oldfield Thomas described it in 1914 from a holotype collected in October 1913 by Albert Stewart Meek and his brother-in-law Albert Frederic Eichhorn, and named it for the Danish mammalogist Knud Andersen. Its forearm is 123 to 125 millimetres, its fur is very dark brown and its head nearly black, and it has been documented up to 1,500 metres. As of 2020 the IUCN lists it as least concern, but overharvesting for bushmeat and disturbance of its day roosts in caves are threats.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Frugivore 1
Threats
Biological Resource Use 2
Threats
Human Intrusions and Disturbance 2
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 4
Activity Pattern
Nocturnal 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Pteropodidae, Taxa
Source Andersen's naked-backed fruit bat (Wikipedia)
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Found In

Papua New Guinea

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Source Andersen's naked-backed fruit bat (Wikipedia)Distribution, Papua New Guinea
Quote, Distribution, Papua New Guinea
It is endemic to the Bismarck Archipelago including the Admiralty Islands in Papua New Guinea.
Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014): EltonTraits 1.0 mammal foraging attributes (MamFuncDat)
EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
  • MamFuncDat.txt, row Dobsonia anderseni (Diet-Fruit, Diet-Nect, Diet-Inv, Diet-PlantO columns)
    3691 Dobsonia anderseni Pteropodidae 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 Ref_2 D1 Ar A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 233.99 Ref_58 1
  • MamFuncDat.txt, row Dobsonia anderseni (Activity-Nocturnal, Activity-Crepuscular, Activity-Diurnal columns)
    3691 Dobsonia anderseni Pteropodidae 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 Ref_2 D1 Ar A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 233.99 Ref_58 1
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2. Andersen's naked-backed fruit bat (Wikipedia)
  • Distribution, Papua New Guinea
    It is endemic to the Bismarck Archipelago including the Admiralty Islands in Papua New Guinea.
  • Article text, threats
    As of 2020, it is listed as a least-concern species by the IUCN. Threats to this species include overharvesting for bushmeat or disturbance of the caves where it roosts during the day.
  • Article text, human use
    As of 2020, it is listed as a least-concern species by the IUCN. Threats to this species include overharvesting for bushmeat or disturbance of the caves where it roosts during the day.
  • Child Taxon Of: Pteropodidae, Lead
    Andersen's naked-backed fruit bat or Andersen's bare-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia anderseni) is a large cave-dwelling species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae.
  • In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead
    Andersen's naked-backed fruit bat or Andersen's bare-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia anderseni) is a large cave-dwelling species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae.
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3. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 4265728: species profile of Dobsonia anderseni
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)speciesProfiles
Quote, speciesProfiles
"extinct": false
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4. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 4265728: IUCN Red List category of Dobsonia anderseni
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)iucnRedListCategory
Quote, iucnRedListCategory
"category": "LEAST_CONCERN"
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